17 ms·

This is a surprisingly common anti-pattern. See also potential reason why there was no Windows 9 (programs checking for Windows 95/98) and various breakages for

This is a surprisingly common anti-pattern. See also potential reason why there was no Windows 9 (programs checking for Windows 95/98) and various breakages for commercial programs on Linux when they check the kernel version.

rplnt 11y ago
Slightly related is Opera transitioning from version 9.x to 10.x: http://www.sitepoint.com/opera-10-user-agent/ http://www.sitepoint.com/opera-10-user-agent/ (couldn't find the original dev blog)